Stage 4 : May 19, San Jose - Modesto, 121.4 km
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 4.55.02
2 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC-Columbia
4 Theo Bos (Ned) Cervelo Test Team
5 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team
7 Ken Hanson (USA) Team Type 1
8 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step
9 Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
10 Guillaume Boivin (Can) SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy
Changes in GC, stage 4 compared to stage 3 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Matthew Crane
+15 Stuart O'Grady
+14 Daniel Holloway
+13 Sebastian Langeveld
+10 Matti Breschel
+9 Francesco Chicchi
+9 Cody O'Reilly
+9 Bruno Langlois
+8 Theo Bos
+8 Neil Shirley
Biggest losers by position :
-24 Fabian Cancellara
-24 Tejay Van Garderen
-16 Bernhard Eisel
-13 Guillaume Boivin
-12 Eric Boily
-10 Thomas Leezer
-8 Tony Martin
-6 Ivan Santaromita
-6 Karl Menzies
-6 Lance Armstrong
-6 Robert Britton
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Francesco Chicchi
+0:06 Juan Jose Haedo
+0:04 Mark Cavendish
+0:02 Jurgen Van De Walle
Biggest losers by time :
-4:18 Bernard Sulzberger
-3:10 William Dickeson
-3:08 Jeremy Powers
-3:04 Simon Zahner
-2:54 Brett Lancaster
-2:54 Fabian Cancellara
-2:54 Karl Menzies
-2:54 Oscar Pujol Munoz
-2:53 Robert Britton
-2:53 Ryan Anderson
-2:13 Bernard Van Ulden
Favourites by position :
+15 Stuart O'Grady
+3 Stef Clement
+2 Lars Ytting Bak
+2 Jens Voigt
+1 Janez Brajkovic
+1 Jakob Fuglsang
-1 Ryder Hesjedal
-2 Yaroslav Popovych
-2 Andy Schleck
-6 Lance Armstrong
-8 Tony Martin
-24 Fabian Cancellara
Favourites by time :
-1:24 Andy Schleck
-1:29 Tony Martin
-2:13 Yaroslav Popovych
-2:54 Fabian Cancellara
Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David Zabriskie 18:04:35
2 Michael Rogers 0:04
3 Levi Leipheimer 0:06
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6 Janez Brajkovic 0:27 (was 7th at 0:27)
7 Ryder Hesjedal 0:27 (was 6th at 0:27)
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12 Lars Ytting Bak 0:27 (was 14th at 0:27)
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16 Jens Voigt 0:27 (was 18th at 0:27)
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18 Lance Armstrong 0:27 (was 12th at 0:27)
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28 Tony Martin 3:13 (was 20th at 1:44)
29 Jakob Fuglsang 3:14 (was 30th at 3:14)
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36 Stef Clement 9:40 (was 39th at 9:40)
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52 Andy Schleck 17:44 (was 50th at 16:20)
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63 Yaroslav Popovych 21:19 (was 61st at 19:06)
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104 Stuart O'Grady 33:54 (was 119th at 33:54)
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110 Fabian Cancellara 34:30 (was 86th at 31:36)
Retirements to date : Stage
Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 4 <<<
Andre Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 <<<
Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team 4 <<<
Scott Stewart (USA) Team Type 1 4 <<<
Jesse Anthony (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies 3
Andrew Pinfold (Can) Unitedhealthcare Presented by Maxxis 2
Sean Mazich (USA) Jelly Belly Presented by Kenda 2
Total retirements : 7